It's time we got some objective, quantitative evidence. It's time our fear-mongering had the selective statistics to back it up. It's time for massive charts to scroll past in search of one single number that we can use to measure how afraid we should be. It's time, for you to scroll down really far so I can tell you what to think after pretending to give you the facts.

Zone

Bears

Furbolgs

Either

Alterac Mountains

Yes

No

Yes

Arathi Highlands

No

No

No

Ashenvale

Yes

Yes

Yes

Azshara

No

Yes

Yes

Azuremyst

No

Yes

Yes

Badlands

No

No

No

Blades Edge Mountains

No

No

No

Blasted Lands

No

No

No

Bloodmyst Isle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Borean Tundra

No

No

No

Burning Steppes

No

No

No

Crystalsong Forest

No

No

No

Darkshore

Yes

Yes

Yes

Deadwind Pass

No

No

No

Desolace

No

No

No

Dragonblight

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dun Morogh

Yes

No

Yes

Duskwood

No

No

No

Dustwallow Marsh

No

No

No

Eastern Plaguelands

No

No

No

Elwynn Forest

Yes

No

Yes

Eversong Woods

No

No

No

Felwood

Yes

Yes

Yes

Feralas

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ghostlands

No

No

No

Grizzly Hills

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hellfire Peninsula

No

No

No

Hillsbrad Foothills

Yes

No

Yes

Howling Fjord

Yes

Yes

Yes

Icecrown

No

No

No

Isle of Quel'danas

No

No

No

Loch Modan

Yes

No

Yes

Moonglade

No

Yes

Yes

Mulgore

No

No

No

Nagrand

No

No

No

Netherstorm

No

No

No

Searing Gorge

No

No

No

Sholazar Basin

No

No

No

Silithus

No

No

No

Silverpine Forest

Yes

No

Yes

Stonetalon Mountains

No

No

No

Stranglethorn Vale

No

No

No

Swamp of Sorrows

No

No

No

Tanaris

No

No

No

Terokkar Forest

No

No

No

The Barrens

No

No

No

The Hinterlands

No

No

No

Storm Peaks

No

No

No

Thousand Needles

No

No

No

Tirisfal Glades

No

No

No

Un'Goro Crater

No

No

No

Western Plaguelands

Yes

No

Yes

Westfall

No

No

No

Wetlands

No

No

No

Winterspring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Zangarmarsh

No

No

No

Zul'Drak

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

17

12

20

No

40

45

37

Ratio

0.425

0.267

0.541

Percentage

0.298

0.211

0.351

without Outland

0.333

0.235

0.392

Over 35% of zones have either bears, furbolgs, or both. That's over a third of the zones. While we may take some comfort in the fact that Outland is free of bears and furbolgs, that also means that in our native Azeroth, the ratio is even higher, reaching nearly 40%. In some areas the bears are even more deadly than normal, carrying the corrupting influence of the Scourge or Burning Legion.

Even if we could simply kill all of them, a difficult feat requiring major coordination, they would all come back, possibly in mere seconds.